[Joeyandboys]

I have been depressed and feeling badly, BUT I have realized that if I make myself get out there and do SOMETHING, I feel immensely better. I just have a hard time pushing myself to get out there.

Do you have pep talks? An outfit you wear? If I put on my sneakers I get instantly motivated. How dumb is that???

[Amanda]

I have such a hard time with this. Once I'm motivated and I get going its easy to keep it up cuz it makes me feel so much better...but getting there once I lose it is such a battle. Like now I've still not gotten back into my full workout routine since having the flu, and I haven't been sick for almost a week. Ok, I'll be honest I haven't even gotten halfway back into it, I feel like such a slug and my knee has been bothering me lately. I've been wanting to get up early in the mornings and go walking, but I can't seem to get to sleep at a decent time at night so I'm exhausted in the morning.

I do find that making myself put on workout clothes helps, I feel guilty if I don't at least do SOMETHING, even if it isn't the most energetic workout I've ever done. And no matter how miserable I am while I'm doing it I always feel better afterwards.

One of the best motivators for me is I'll picture photos of myself from the Christmas after Katelyn was born (I look so awful I couldn't believe that was really me), or I'll remember a look I got of my fat arse in the mirror that made me disgusted. Knowing how much I don't want to look like that usually gets me up and moving pretty darn quick! The family pictures on my wall are good at keeping me pushing hard when I'm on the elliptical. I'm huge in both of them of course, but in the most recent one my face is quite obviously fatter than the one from a few years ago. And knowing that I was pg in the previous one and not in the recent one makes me 10X more disgusted with myself and makes me work harder, LOL.

Of course, I could probably lose the equivalent of two Joey's and still be fat, so I don't know if any of my motivators will work for you, ROFL!!

[brenintx]

Once I get going I'm pretty good but if I get off track (like I did last week) then it's hard for me to get back on. Neal's whole job thing threw me in a tailspin. I know he got a new job right away but he's still settling into it and there are other issues with family going on that I just want to sit and eat. I eat to comfort myself and I've tried really hard not to do that this time but man I just want to eat ice cream and cookies and junk.

I think you putting on your tennies and getting motivated is great! I thought unpacking my exercise videos and putting them in the cabinet would help but apparently it hasn't. Some how they just don't jump into the player by themselves It would help if I found the cords to connect the player to the TV...that's my current excuse. Ughhhh....I need to get moving.

[Shelby]

That's what I need. I'm all out of motivation. Feeling really funky. Luckily, I'm holding my 10-pound loss, but I'm not putting much effort into losing more right now. Which I'm okay with. I'm not in a hurry. But something--can't remember what--made me stop exercising for a few days, and I can't seem to make myself start back.